Folding bed.



IVI. COX.

FOLDING BED. APPLICATION FILED IIIAII..30. 1911.

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4%7( I Y n Arr/Insl MICHAEL COX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BEI).

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

Original application ledgOctober 20, 1916, Serial No. 126,693. Divided and this application filed March 30,

1917. Serial No. 158,674.

To all LU/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MICHAEL Cox, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of'Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Folding Bed, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, this being a division of the application Serial No. 126,693, filed by me on October 20, 1916.

The obj ect of the invention is to provide a new and improved folding bed arranged to provide a rack adapted to hold pillows, blankets, or other bedclothes or other articles, as suits the convenience of the user. Another object is to permit of folding the rack when moving or when storing the bed.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a rack extending across the front of the head of the head stand and arranged within the space extending between the head and the bed sprin frame at the time the latter is in upright folded position.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the folding bed with the bed spring frame in folded position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rack in extended position on the head of the bed; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the rack in folded position on the head of the bed.

The head 10 of the folding bed is preferably made of tubes connected with each other to form a skeleton frame, and the said head 10 is provided with side arms 11 terminating in legs 12, which latter with the side arms 11, and the head 10 and side arms form a head stand preferably provided with casters 13 and 14 at the head 10 and the legs 12 to allow of moving the bed conveniently about from one place to another. The side arms 11 and the head stand are provided with bearings 15 in which are journaled transversely extending trunnions 16 attached to the side rails 17 of the bed spring frame 18 provided with the usual bed spring 19 of woven wire or the like, the ends of the bed spring 19 being attached to the head and foot crossbars 20 and 21 connecting the ,Side .rails ,1.7 with each other and forming part of the bed spring frame 18.

On the foot ends vof the side rails 17 of the bed spring frame 18 are fulcrumed legs 25 adapted to swing in a transverse direction to fold under the bed spring frame 18 at the time the latter is in folded position. When the bed spring frame 18 is in extended position the legs 25 are swung downward as indicated in Fig. 1. ends of the legs 25 are provided with casters 26 adapted to rest on the floor the same as the casters 13 and 14 at the vtime the bed is in extended position. The bed spring frame 18 is provided at the head crossbar 20 with a head rail 27 and a foot guard rail 28 is attached to the foot crossbar 21.

In order to hold the bed spring frame 18 in upright folded position use is made of a locking device which forms the subject matter of my application for Letters Patent 0f they United States, No. 66,082, iiled by me on December 10, 1915, so that further detailed description of the same is not deemed necessary, it being sufficient to state that use is made of a spring catch 30 attached to the head crossbar 20 and provided at its free end with a head 31 adapted to snap under a crossbar 32 connecting the legs 12 of the head stand with each other. A bolt 33 is mounted to slide transversely on the crossbar 32 and is adapted to engage a keeper 35, preferably in the form of a staple attached to the spring catch 30, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. It'is understood that when the bed spring frame 18 is swung into upright position the 'head 31 of the spring catch 30 snaps under'the crossbar 32 and is locked thereto by the operator pushing the bolt 33 into engagement with the keeper 35.

The head 10 is provided at its front at a distance above the side arms 11 with a rack 40, preferably made of tubes forming a shelf 41 provided at the rear with a crossbar 42 journaled in bearings 43 attached to the'head 10 and adapted to be opened to permit the convenient removal of the crossbar 42 from the bearing whenever it is desired to remove the shelf fromv the head 10. On the outer crossbar 44 of the shelf 41 are pivoted uprights 45 connected with each other by a crossbar 46 extending into elongated slots 47 formed on links 48 pivotally comme@ .to the head l0, I braces 5,0 9,011

The lowery neet the shelf al witlrthe head l0 to suptwo sections 5l and 52 pivotally connectedv with each other and adapted to be loelredv in extended position by a sleeve 53. rlhe links @i8 and the braces 50 are detachably connected with the head l0 so that the entire rack can be removed troni the head l0 and used upon some othei1 support, it desired. The rack can be folded against the head l() by simply collapsing the sectional braces on sliding the sleeve 53 out ot engagement with the pivotal connections of the sections 51 and Vlie sliel'I ell can then readily swing downward into folded position thereby carrying the nprights 4:5 and tlie links along into folded position7 as plainly indicated in Fig. B.

The head l0 is provided with a curtain support having side arms G0 attached to the head l0 and extending above the samea andthe upper ends of the side arms G0 are engaged by sockets (il formed on L- shaped side arms G2 adapted to be fastened in place by set screws 63 screwing in the sockets (3l against the side arms (SO. The outer ends oit the horizontal members oit the side arins 62 are connected by union couplings G-Ll with a Ll-shaped rod 65 which latter and the side arms 62 serve to support a curtain 6G by the use ot the usual hooks 67 or similar devices engaging the rod and the side arms 52. rllhe curtains 66 preferably two in number joined at the middle of the front oit the bed so as to completely inelose the same at the time the bed spring trame 1S is in upright folded position, as plainly shown in Fig. l. The cui Genies et this patent may ne obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the as to appear one below the other rename one side whenthe bed spring position for tains are readily swung to ever it is desired to swing :traine i8 down into horizontal use in the usual manner.

The side rails 17 of the bed spring frame 18 are provided near their outer ends with transversely extending fixed rods 68, preterably one located in the Jfront oi' the other so at the time 18 is in folded posicointortables,` rods the bed spring traine tion to allow of hanging blankets and sheets on the said hanger tor airing purposes.

lt is understood that the rack Ll() is mainly used ttor supporting the pillows and extra blankets when the bed is not in use so that all the bedclothes are accommodated by the rods 68 and the rack 407 and all are inclosed behind the curtain 66.

@n the under side of the bed spring traine 18 is arranged a table 70, but as this table iiornis the subject matter ol the original application t'urther description ot the saine is not deemed necessary.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentzln combination, a support and a 'toldable rack mounted on the said support and coniprising bearings attached to the support, a shelf having trunnions mounted to turn in the said bearings, a front pivotally connect-- ed with the said shelf7 end links pivotally connecting the said support with the upper end ot the said front, and braces pivotally connecting the said support with the said shelf.

MCHAEL COX.

Commissioner of atents,

Washington, D. Q. 

